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  • Mayer Brown launches multifaceted COVID-19 support platform
    Mayer Brown has launched a COVID-19 web portal, blog and Global Traveler Navigator tool. Our COVID-19 Global Response Team is closely monitoring the situation worldwide and is equipped to respond rapidly to client inquiries while providing holistic and practical guidance to novel questions arising from the impact of the coronavirus.
  • Government Responses to COVID–19 in Asia: Affect on Lending Arrangements

    In response to the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, central banks and other bodies have implemented and/or raised measures intended to help market participants. In this document, we provide an overview of some of the initial action taken in certain jurisdictions in Asia, together with outline characteristics across various regional insolvency regimes.

  • 2019 Litigation Year in Review
    We are delighted to share with you Mayer Brown’s Litigation Year in Review. We hope you enjoy this brief overview, which features some of the complex and noteworthy cases we have worked on and also celebrates the arrival of a dozen lateral partners who are committed to advancing the strategic aims of our clients.
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  • April 06
    2020
    Dispute Avoidance and Risk Management In a Changing World: What Chinese Contractors Should Know

    Chinese contractors have been forging an important and lucrative role in international construction in recent years, but face risks to their expansion plans, which are focused on winning work from the expanding Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Tom Fu (Beijing), James Morris (London) and James Lewis (Hong Kong) believe pragmatism and the astute use of dispute avoidance and dispute resolution techniques can help to minimise the effect of these risks.

  • April 06
    2020
    The China Experience – Understanding the Evolution of the COVID-19 Crisis (Updated on 6 April, 2020)

    The COVID-19 virus was first identified in China in December 2019, although the scale of the problem only became apparent during the Chinese New Year Holiday at the end of January. Since then the world has watched with increasing concern as the virus has spread. Most recently, the focus of the attention has moved away from China and there is mounting anxiety about the scale of infection in Europe, the United States and parts of the Middle East. As China begins to open up, what is the future for the economy and what do investors need to know about the authorities' plans for recovery? 

    This is an updated version of an article that first appeared on the 19 March.

  • April 06
    2020
    HKMA and HKMCI Introduce Further Initiatives to Support SMEs in Light of the COVID-19 Outbreak

    On 3 April 2020, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Insurance Limited (HKMCI), and a number of major banks held a meeting with representatives from the commercial sector (including members of the Legislative Council) to discuss the effectiveness of existing measures adopted by banks to support small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, and trade views on potential future measures to take.